skalauti

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Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A denominal verb from an unattested *skala or *skalas (compare ìšskalos (water with which a vessel is rinsed)), from the same word family as skélti (to split, cleave), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to cut, to cleave).[1] Cognate with Latvian skalinat (to rinse); see skal̃bti (to wash) for further discussion.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skaláuti (third-person present tense skaláuja, third-person past tense skalãvo)

  1. to rinse

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skaláuti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 554-5